Xapuri

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Xapuri

Total population

18,243

Coordinates-10.65°, -68.50°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Xapuri is a municipality located in the southeast of the Brazilian state of Acre. It was the scene of an early bloodless victory during the war to make Acre independent of Bolivia. The town is known as the birthplace of the rubber tapper and environmentalist Chico Mendes and of the surgeon and professor Adib Jatene.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.